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according to nasa -- the asteroid will pass inside the ring of weather and communications satellites -- about 17-thousand miles above the surface -- on friday february 15th. nasa adds that the path of the object has been calculated -- and there is no chance of a collision with us. it'll be moving pretty quickly -- at about 17-thousand-400 miles an hour -- and will only appear to be a tiny point of light in the night sky. >> it looks like we will have a few more chances for snow in the next week. jim ramsey is in the weather center with your 7 day forecast >> we do have some flurries coming in tonight... more is coming in at sunday night into monday... current temperature is 10 degrees. this is the system... it could be a couple of inches. rain/snow mix on thursday... 7 day forecast... >> another hacking attack this time against twitter... they reported a quarter of a million user accounts were compromised. they were able to access to the user names and e-mail addresses. the attack is the latest against a large sites including the new york times and wall street journal. the affected t
according to nasa -- the asteroid will pass inside the ring of weather and communications satellites -- about 17-thousand miles above the surface -- on friday february 15th. nasa adds that the path of the object has been calculated -- and there is no chance of a collision with us. it'll be moving pretty quickly -- at about 17-thousand-400 miles an hour -- and will only appear to be a tiny point of light in the night sky. >> it looks like we will have a few more chances for snow in the...
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. >> blast off of a nasa rocket from the kennedy space center overnight. take a look. the first launch of the year and carrying a communication's satellite into orbit and improve contact. meanwhile, nasa is getting ready to mark the 10th anniversary of the columbia disaster tomorrow. >>> if your new year's resolution was to lose weight, what's the best way to shed pounds? methods you thought are best may not be working. >> theories many thought proved affective are not backed by scientific evidence. those myths include snacking before bed and skipping breakfast will cause weight gain. some research shows those who lose weight fast keep it off longer. also on the list, this is a big one. having sex does not burn as many calories as people think. on average it burns 21 calories or as much as a brisk walk. so many questions. all right. >>> listen up men. cooking, cleaning. at some point or another we all have to do it. but the chores you do at home may be affecting your sex life. >> more on this. >> more sex talk. weighing in on a new study later in this hour in our talke
. >> blast off of a nasa rocket from the kennedy space center overnight. take a look. the first launch of the year and carrying a communication's satellite into orbit and improve contact. meanwhile, nasa is getting ready to mark the 10th anniversary of the columbia disaster tomorrow. >>> if your new year's resolution was to lose weight, what's the best way to shed pounds? methods you thought are best may not be working. >> theories many thought proved affective are not...
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my job is like that with nasa. so he accepted the risk. >> reporter: brown wants people to focus on what went right with the mission, after those seven astronauts were put together. a diverse group who became best friends. >> when there is a common goal, it's amazing how a group can function together, so if you can learn one thing, if we can have common goals, everybody can get along. that crew really demonstrated that. >> reporter: and had he lived long enough, brown knows his brother would have left his mark on the world through his films. >> i'm pretty sure he would have been on tv somewhere, if we had just given him a few more years. we admire him for, you know, never stopping, always moving forward, always learning. and i think that's the legacy for david. >> david brown was 46 when he died. doug's only sibling. it's just him and his mom now, and he said they will be back often to the cemetery to honor his memory. brian? >> great legacy. audrey barns tonight. >>> one of the victims on board columbia was island
my job is like that with nasa. so he accepted the risk. >> reporter: brown wants people to focus on what went right with the mission, after those seven astronauts were put together. a diverse group who became best friends. >> when there is a common goal, it's amazing how a group can function together, so if you can learn one thing, if we can have common goals, everybody can get along. that crew really demonstrated that. >> reporter: and had he lived long enough, brown knows...
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nasa launching a satellite into orbit from florida. this new equipment will improve communication with the international space station and relay images captured about it hubble space telescope. >>> a quilt displaying a photograph of a lynched african-american woman is generating strong emotions from visitors at an indianapolis library. >> i get people here all different kinds of races and color and creed treating me bad because of stuff like this. >> i know it can be painful for some people. i know some people are angry. some people cry. >> the quilt is a part of a collection of piece that's will be displayed through february and march. >>> controversials brewing after starter pistols during an emergency drill were fired in chicago. some students were alarmed by the exercise noent prepare teach aernz pupils from mass shootings. >> i don't think we need to have it normal to have simulated shootings in school. then it makes it more normal for society to accept these types of things. >>> and high school students are defending their teache
nasa launching a satellite into orbit from florida. this new equipment will improve communication with the international space station and relay images captured about it hubble space telescope. >>> a quilt displaying a photograph of a lynched african-american woman is generating strong emotions from visitors at an indianapolis library. >> i get people here all different kinds of races and color and creed treating me bad because of stuff like this. >> i know it can be...
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this is nasa's 11th time sending a tracking and data relay satellite into space. the first was launched in 1983. >>> lawyers for the florida neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing trayvon martin say their client is broke and needs donations. george zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense when he shot 17-year-old trayvon martin. it happened inside a gated community in sanford, florida, last february. zimmerman's lawyers are trying to get june's trial date pushed back to november. his attorney put up a request on line asking for public donations. he wants to raise $30,000 a month for zimmerman's defense. so far his attorneys have spent more than $300,000 on fees and living expenses for zimmerman. >>> and this morning, a gun control task force now has ideas from people of newtown, connecticut, on curbing violence. hundreds packed an auditorium to offer their suggestions. it was the first public hearing in newtown since 26 people were killed at sandy hook elementary in december. the task force was created in response to that tragedy. speakers included fam
this is nasa's 11th time sending a tracking and data relay satellite into space. the first was launched in 1983. >>> lawyers for the florida neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing trayvon martin say their client is broke and needs donations. george zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense when he shot 17-year-old trayvon martin. it happened inside a gated community in sanford, florida, last february. zimmerman's lawyers are trying to get june's trial date pushed back to...
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online, we have a science lesson inspired by an announcement from nasa. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: just what is dark matter? find a short video with a simple answer on today's science roundup. nasa and the european space agency are partnering to send a telescope into space to investigate dark matter and dark energy. read more about these mysterious forces and what scientists hope to find on our science page. and think you've received bad advice about social security? our benefits guru gets to the bottom of that issue in today's "ask larry" column on our business page. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll return to the immigration debate with a look at the president's plans for reform. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. >> and with the ongoing supp
online, we have a science lesson inspired by an announcement from nasa. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: just what is dark matter? find a short video with a simple answer on today's science roundup. nasa and the european space agency are partnering to send a telescope into space to investigate dark matter and dark energy. read more about these mysterious forces and what scientists hope to find on our science page. and think you've received bad advice about social...
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online, we have a science lesson inspired by an announcement from nasa. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: just what is dark matter? find a short video with a simple answer on today's science roundup. nasa and the european space agency are partnering to send a telescope into space to investigate dark matter and dark energy. read more about these mysterious forces and what scientists hope to find on our science page. and think you've received bad advice about social security? our benefits guru gets to the bottom of that issue in today's "ask larry" column on our business page. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll return to the immigration debate with a look at the president's plans for reform. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. >> and with the ongoing supp
online, we have a science lesson inspired by an announcement from nasa. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: just what is dark matter? find a short video with a simple answer on today's science roundup. nasa and the european space agency are partnering to send a telescope into space to investigate dark matter and dark energy. read more about these mysterious forces and what scientists hope to find on our science page. and think you've received bad advice about social...
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. >>> nasa taking to the bay area skies to find out what's in it. several aircraft took off to collect data on air quality here. yesterday it flew over pollution hot spots like spots interstate 680. and where the dirty air is coming from and where it's going. >>> and the nudity ban goes into effect in san francisco. nudists plan to protest and will do it all natural. they hope to get cited so they can claim their right to pro test is being violated. a judge dismissed a lawsuit by the nudists trying to overturn the ban. >>> a federal court monitor says the oakland police department's reform effort continues to backslide. the monitors new report finds the second straight quarter, the department is declining in terms of performance and is true when it comes to investigating complaints against the department and report the the misconduct of fellow officers. >>> you might be wearing something special for super bowl sunday, and a lot of plans and players have superstitions that they say can affect the outcome of the day. >> i promised i wouldn't get anoth
. >>> nasa taking to the bay area skies to find out what's in it. several aircraft took off to collect data on air quality here. yesterday it flew over pollution hot spots like spots interstate 680. and where the dirty air is coming from and where it's going. >>> and the nudity ban goes into effect in san francisco. nudists plan to protest and will do it all natural. they hope to get cited so they can claim their right to pro test is being violated. a judge dismissed a lawsuit...
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>>brian: while you were asleep, nasa is embarking on a brand-new mission in space. the details next. [ male announcer ] when these come together, and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. delicious and wholesome. some combinations were just meant to be. tomato soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. two. three. my credit card rewards are easy to remember with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. [ both ] 2% back on groceries. [ all ] 3% on gas. no hoops to jump through. i earn more cash back on the things i buy the most. [ woman ] it's as easy as... one! -two. -[ all ] three! [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. apply online or at a bank of america near you. and i was told to call my next of kin. at 33 years old, i was having a heart attack. now i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i didn't know this could happen so young. take control, talk to your docto
>>brian: while you were asleep, nasa is embarking on a brand-new mission in space. the details next. [ male announcer ] when these come together, and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. delicious and wholesome. some combinations were just meant to be. tomato soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. two. three. my credit card rewards are easy to remember with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. earn 1% cash back everywhere,...
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that led to a issue dr.ing announcement that the crew had perished during reentry. >> nasa today on a day of remembrance marked other tragedies as well. apollo one which burned up on the launch pad in 1967 killing three astronauts on board the space shuttle challenger flight lasted one minute before disintegrating. a tragedy witnessed by school children across america because one of the seven on board was christa mechanical live the teachner space,. >> steve harrigan at the kennedy space center. a pilot passed out mid flight with 116 passengers and five crew members on board. so says a spokesman for alaska airlines. second time in two weeks that a pilot for that very carrier lost consciousness while the plane was in the air. the spokesman says the two events were related in no way. the latest incident happened last night. the airline reported that the co-pilot safely landed that seattle-bound plane put it down in portland, oregon. the pilot was likely suffering from stomach virus or food poisoning. one woman was apparently not happy that flight attendants moved a fellow passenger to h
that led to a issue dr.ing announcement that the crew had perished during reentry. >> nasa today on a day of remembrance marked other tragedies as well. apollo one which burned up on the launch pad in 1967 killing three astronauts on board the space shuttle challenger flight lasted one minute before disintegrating. a tragedy witnessed by school children across america because one of the seven on board was christa mechanical live the teachner space,. >> steve harrigan at the kennedy...
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and nasa scientists james hansen one of the most respected scientists on earth and one of the leading experts on the planet on global climate change calls completion of the pipeline quote game over for the planet and quote actually the plan will be just fine it's game over for us. so again why is construction of this pipeline allowed to continue. why would a foreign corporation push so hard that people like seventy eight year old great grandmother eleanor fairchild an actress daryl hannah were arrested last october for trespassing on their on her own property as she tried to stop trans canada's bulldozers from repeat a hole through her three hundred acre ranch. why is the state of texas allowing a foreign corporation. to seize privately owned texans land through eminent domain to build an oil pipeline when in two thousand the state transfer to predation department for bid the use of eminent domain to build new one roads across texas. and why is it that we've allowed this foreign corporation trans canada to launch numerous slapp suits these are basically nuisance suits against peaceful
and nasa scientists james hansen one of the most respected scientists on earth and one of the leading experts on the planet on global climate change calls completion of the pipeline quote game over for the planet and quote actually the plan will be just fine it's game over for us. so again why is construction of this pipeline allowed to continue. why would a foreign corporation push so hard that people like seventy eight year old great grandmother eleanor fairchild an actress daryl hannah were...
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it's all thanks to nasa. a teacher at clovis north high school sent a letter to nasa asking for hardware after learning the space program was ending. turns out nasa sent items like a million dollar robotic arm used to retrieve satellites. >> you smell the robotic arm. you get that smell of space. how many kids, how many people will get to smell what space smells like? >> well, the teacher is now hoping to create a first class air and space research center, right there on campus. >>> well, a series of benefit concerts are being held this weekend to help raise money for bryan stow's medical care costs. new details we're learning this morning about his condition and why another battle may have just begun. >> and the chp pursuit winds a deadly crash in oakland this morning, killing a teenager. we'll tell you why police were chasing this suv in the first place. ♪ ♪ i'm halfway to your heart ♪ you have to let me know ♪ so i don't make my worst mistake ♪ ♪ turn around and let you go [ female announcer ]
it's all thanks to nasa. a teacher at clovis north high school sent a letter to nasa asking for hardware after learning the space program was ending. turns out nasa sent items like a million dollar robotic arm used to retrieve satellites. >> you smell the robotic arm. you get that smell of space. how many kids, how many people will get to smell what space smells like? >> well, the teacher is now hoping to create a first class air and space research center, right there on campus....
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this is nasa's new communications satellite being launched into space. this happened late last night in florida. it's going to be used to communicate with the astronauts living on the international space station. it will also be used to transfer images from the hubble space telescope. nasa's 11th time sending a tracking and delay shuttle into space. the first was in 1983. always awesome video. >> cool. >>> 5:21. final for weather & traffic on the 1s. meteorologist tom kierein with the forecast. what's going on out there? >> last night it was the rain which has exited. a few lingering sprinkles, prince george's, the district, fairfax county and loudoun county. temperatures are dropping into the 40s now to near 50. reagan national now down to 53. just an hour ago, it was at 60. the temperatures are rapidly dropping. much of prince george's county now in the low 50s. and we're going to continue to see the temperatures dropping throughout the day. storm team 4 four-day forecast will drop to the 30s after sunset. winds will be gusting to 50 miles per hour tod
this is nasa's new communications satellite being launched into space. this happened late last night in florida. it's going to be used to communicate with the astronauts living on the international space station. it will also be used to transfer images from the hubble space telescope. nasa's 11th time sending a tracking and delay shuttle into space. the first was in 1983. always awesome video. >> cool. >>> 5:21. final for weather & traffic on the 1s. meteorologist tom kierein...
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whatever reasons nasa has to attract and offer an entree to the private sector to come in and work with them, whatever those reasons are we don't really care. all we know is that the opportunities are here. >> reporter: opportunities that include expanding space programs for other countries. as the industry grows, competition will undoubtedly drive costs down. that presents other problems such as health concerns and government regulations. >> right now the faa only has regulatory authority for launches and reentries of commercial spaceflight. they can't regulate currently on-orbit activities. >> reporter: no doubt that the demand is there. virgin galactic has 500 people booked with deposits of 20,000 each to go into orbit. >> thank you, everybody. >> reporter: we know nasa headquarters both in houston and in florida. the private space race is really all over the country with the spaceport being in new mexico and here in mojave in california. there is little bit of a race going on jon, the spaceport in new mexico getting competition from california. there is legislation introduced to kee
whatever reasons nasa has to attract and offer an entree to the private sector to come in and work with them, whatever those reasons are we don't really care. all we know is that the opportunities are here. >> reporter: opportunities that include expanding space programs for other countries. as the industry grows, competition will undoubtedly drive costs down. that presents other problems such as health concerns and government regulations. >> right now the faa only has regulatory...
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. >>> one of the worst days in nasa history took place ten years ago today. it was on this date in 2003 that the space shuttle "columbia" broke up over texas during reentry. all seven astronauts were killed because unknown to them debris hit the shuttle wing during the launch. this morning, nasa pays tribute to the crew of "columbia" along with those killed in the "challenger" explosion and in a fire during an "apollo 1" test. a wreath is being placed at the memorial at the kennedy space center in florida. >>> the man who says he presented to be manti te'o's girlfriend is speaking out. why he decided to kill off the persona he created. he says it was partly because he was in love with te'o. >> me, ronaiah, i was hurting. it hit me like a brick wall. i was like, whoa, i've given so much to this. and i realized in that moment i poured so much into it that i, myself, wasn't getting nothing. and look at what i was left with. i was crying that morning, i was hurt, emotionally, all kinds of things took over. and so right then and there, i made the decision i can't
. >>> one of the worst days in nasa history took place ten years ago today. it was on this date in 2003 that the space shuttle "columbia" broke up over texas during reentry. all seven astronauts were killed because unknown to them debris hit the shuttle wing during the launch. this morning, nasa pays tribute to the crew of "columbia" along with those killed in the "challenger" explosion and in a fire during an "apollo 1" test. a wreath is being...
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unknown to nasa and the team, the shuttle had been damaged. a chunk of foam had come off in liftoff and punctured the wing. at the command center, rick husband's widow was thinking the worse. >> i was thinking is that it? is that the end of rick's life. >> reporter: seven sastronauts died that morning leaving behind family and friends. in an instance, she was a single mom with two young children, and without rick, it was hard. >> god created families to have a mom and dad. and so when rick left, he was a great dad. an amazing man. it was challenging to raise them as a single mom. >> reporter: there has been healing evelyn says, but it is not done. >> it is a lifelong process. i don't think that pain ever completely goes away, and perhaps the greatest memorial to "colombia" sits across the water at the kennedy space center where in here 84,000 pieces, and 40% of the vehicle found so far. nasa and the families decided to preserve the debris and not entomb it so that scientists and teachers could borrow it, study, and learn from it. mike jenneli
unknown to nasa and the team, the shuttle had been damaged. a chunk of foam had come off in liftoff and punctured the wing. at the command center, rick husband's widow was thinking the worse. >> i was thinking is that it? is that the end of rick's life. >> reporter: seven sastronauts died that morning leaving behind family and friends. in an instance, she was a single mom with two young children, and without rick, it was hard. >> god created families to have a mom and dad. and...
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i had already gone off into private consulting on flight safety because i was tired of the way nasa was decaying. but people who were still there told me they wished they had the warning. if they had ten days warning, early in the flight, had seen the hole in the wing. that would have mobilized all their energies and the whole country's and the world's energies. they would have tried to find ways to macgyver the wing and find something on board to stick in the whole. they had to find ways to get the other ship that was being canted down into space sooner. and if they didn't have enough air on board, they would have found ways to get other rockets from other countries. and there were some available, to throw fly canisters up into space where the shuttle could have chased them down and grabbed them before the shuttle's own power ran out. those things might have happened. in hindsight, the accident investigation board looked at them and couldn't really figure out any way that was surely going to work. but they would have tried. >> yeah. >> well, a story that surrounds american heros who we
i had already gone off into private consulting on flight safety because i was tired of the way nasa was decaying. but people who were still there told me they wished they had the warning. if they had ten days warning, early in the flight, had seen the hole in the wing. that would have mobilized all their energies and the whole country's and the world's energies. they would have tried to find ways to macgyver the wing and find something on board to stick in the whole. they had to find ways to...
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. >> on the left you can see, how much damage has been caused nasa field are rain slamming the region. but take a look in the middle, that is green bay wisconsin. >> to ice fisherman are safe after the truck plunged be ice about a mile offshore on wisconsin's green bay tuesday morning. >> fortunately the for the fisherman, the truck hit bottom in only 4 ft. of water. on the right you see how much snow was falling in santa fe, new mexico right now. >> we will speak with gary ravaged as we did to the bottom of the real sticking point--gary adnciradncih. >> they asked me to do it after a popular show save by besaved by th bell. >> since then i have been scorned and humiliated. >> and welcome back to the kron 4 morning as it is 7:44 a.m.. we are seeing big improvement on the hot spot we have been tracking the east bay in livermore. by in eastbound fatal car fire. they have lanes closed in the eastbound direction as the corner ner continues his investigation. >> things are actually almost back to normal for this westbound highway 580 ride. >> a typical drive time would be 32 minutes. as we
. >> on the left you can see, how much damage has been caused nasa field are rain slamming the region. but take a look in the middle, that is green bay wisconsin. >> to ice fisherman are safe after the truck plunged be ice about a mile offshore on wisconsin's green bay tuesday morning. >> fortunately the for the fisherman, the truck hit bottom in only 4 ft. of water. on the right you see how much snow was falling in santa fe, new mexico right now. >> we will speak with...
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separate studies by scientists at nasa and at the university of washington predict increasing frequency of severe wildfires. the park city foundation in utah predicted an annual local temperature increase of 6.8 degrees fahrenheit by 2075, which would cause a total loss of snowtac pac snowpack in the y area. this would result in hundreds of millions in lost economic output. in the coastal zone of the pacific northwest erosion inundation and ocean acidity are all major threats. more than 140,000 acres of coastacoastin washington and ore within three feet of high tied. sea level of four feet or more is entirely plowsable by the end of the century. ocean acidification caused a 70% to 80% loss of oyster already a vie at an oyster hatchery in oregon from 2006 to 2008. wild oyster stocks have also failed as weather patterns caused more acidic water to rise to the surface at the shore. this is an industry worth about $73 million annually. for hawaii, the rapidly changing climate presents a unique threat. tourism and agriculture among hawaii's top economic sectors are each distinctly vulnerable
separate studies by scientists at nasa and at the university of washington predict increasing frequency of severe wildfires. the park city foundation in utah predicted an annual local temperature increase of 6.8 degrees fahrenheit by 2075, which would cause a total loss of snowtac pac snowpack in the y area. this would result in hundreds of millions in lost economic output. in the coastal zone of the pacific northwest erosion inundation and ocean acidity are all major threats. more than 140,000...
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. $15 million for nasa repairs at the kennedy space center in florida. $274 million for the coast guard acquisitions in the bahamas and the great lakes. $2 million for the smithsonian repairs. there's another whole category of items which is tens of billions of dollars, which is long-term construction projects for the mitigation against future storms and disasters. now is that an important expenditure by the federal government? probably is. probably should be a high priority. but is it an emergency? of course not. it's infrastructure. it's going to be spent over years, maybe decades, as we build sea walls to protect beaches off the coast from future storms which are years away. now, is that an important consideration? i think it is. but when you're running trillion-dollar deficits, i think it has to compete with the other legitimate demands, for the long-term spending and infrastructure spending and the ways that we're going to protect our country, and so many other ways as well. but we have no such process here. and that's part of what's wrong here. that's part of what wrong with this
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the nation nasa demand yearly for 120,000 computer science engineers, but our universities only produce 40,000 people a year. now, this is an indictment of our educational system. we need to fix that. we need to get to a point in this country where we have 120,000 people graduate being to meet the demand. but in the short-term we have to deal with the fact that of our 80,000 graduates are not creating here, those jobs are still going to exist. they are a just not going to exist here. these companies aren't going to wait for us to produce more graduates. these companies aren't going to wait for us to fix our immigration system. they have got a business to run. if they can't find the people they need to fill those jobs, they will send the jobs to another country. that means that these high-paying jobs in these industries will be paying the taxes in some other country, will be stimulating the economy in some other country, will be laying down roots in some other nation. you want know why america is special? because over 200 years we have been a magnet that attracts people history. now we h
the nation nasa demand yearly for 120,000 computer science engineers, but our universities only produce 40,000 people a year. now, this is an indictment of our educational system. we need to fix that. we need to get to a point in this country where we have 120,000 people graduate being to meet the demand. but in the short-term we have to deal with the fact that of our 80,000 graduates are not creating here, those jobs are still going to exist. they are a just not going to exist here. these...
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nasa space shuttles never left earth without it. >> i tell you, i think we'd be lost without duct tape up here. >> a bandit even used it when he robbed a liquor store. it's enough to give diapers a dirty name. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> you know that dogs are going to smell something. >> that's what i was just thinking, why, oh why, did these women, did anyone think they were going to be able to walk through an airport with cocaine on their tushies? >> put some tape on. >> i'm sure we can all feel bad, but i don't think 9, $10,000 is worth going to jail for a very long time. no more duct tape. >> you can always follow what's going on here in "the situation room."
nasa space shuttles never left earth without it. >> i tell you, i think we'd be lost without duct tape up here. >> a bandit even used it when he robbed a liquor store. it's enough to give diapers a dirty name. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> you know that dogs are going to smell something. >> that's what i was just thinking, why, oh why, did these women, did anyone think they were going to be able to walk through an airport with cocaine on their tushies? >> put some...